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AJStudios63 wrote: Thu Nov 26, 2020 10:09 pm I haven't seen anyone post about the R6/8 Surf Reveal yet. It will be released on December 8th at around 12pm EST. Who is excited about this? And does anyone have any leaked pictures of these boats other than the ones on the original R6 Reveal post from a couple months back?

Big Block Power wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 8:27 am Man if BobRae doesn't have the facts who will? Guys help us out if your holding out you will be banned!

Big Block Power wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 4:37 pm Merc will be a player in this.
The r4r6 surf will be much improved over the r357 now. You don't redesign a hull to be worse. Add weight and everything else to be worse. The old was good and this will be great. Cobu all the way!
Bob even if you're buddies have a tow boat the surf can be used for everything else you are doing in the rougher conditions so do it! Then surf in the rough water and pound down the waves with that cobalt hull!

BobRae99 wrote: Sat Nov 28, 2020 11:19 am @BB

A bit of an update. So, no mercruiser forward drive for the R6 Surf (at least not for 2021 and 2022 boats - and no indication beyond this current information). The base R6 comes with a VP FWD 350 for $174,287 (vs $163,301 for the R5 Surf) so a price increase of around $11,000 and a $46,000 premium over an R6 with a VP350 stern drive. I don't see any details on the surf system but it must be a Surf Gate as the boat can be ordered with trim tabs.

It looks like there is a "Beehive" interior package (not sure what that is) and there are different "Surf" interiors (don't have details). All of the rest of the options seem to be the same except for a $500 rear vew camera.

Of note, unlike the R5 Surf model, the R6 Surf can be had with an electric porcelain toilet as opposed to only a pump out porta potty in the R5. Not a big deal for most here, but for a dual purpose boat, a simple electric flush toilet is a welcome feature.

Cobalt must be busy building boats though as a boat ordered now will deliver in July as a 2022 model year boat. In past years, a boat ordered in March showed up in late June. maybe because they are in a buildout year for bothe R5 and R7 while starting production of the R6, R8 they have a lot going on. Or maybe the rich people with nothing else to do (no travel) are hunkering down at their summer homes and buying new toys to play with ?

It will be interesting to see what the reviewers say about the wave.

Big Block Power wrote: Sat Nov 28, 2020 12:02 pm Yea the other problem is getting all of the parts to build them. The good is the more you can make in house the better off you will be. My buddies dealership here said he can only get 11 new boats this coming year. Just no parts to build them. So the sad part is they just came off there best year now back in the tank because they can't get product. Same thing happened in 2008 I guess had a great year before that then 2008 hit. Sucks.

lespaulrob wrote: Mon Nov 30, 2020 3:07 pm In terms of cost based on my experience of pricing the R5 and R6 together...I was beginning to think the R5 Surf was high until I saw this cost of the R6 Surf, which looks something like this: